Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Itnln Tonight; Wednesday. Mux. 121, Mlii. 250, lit. .01. 1 forty-fifth Tour. Dnllv-Tenth Year. MEDFORD, OREGOX, 'JTKSDAY, XOVKMBHU 9, inio NO. 198 'S iCLOIG ABOUT Steady Advances of Teutonic Allies f Reported Bulgarians Pushing to West Anglo-French Forces Mak ing Progress in South Russians Continue Sharp Attacks. LONDON", Nov. 0. Tho central powers and their Bulgnrinn ally now control about two-thirds of .Scrum. nil within u few weeks probably will have the main Scrbinn rail road, run- iun through JJelgrndo ami Nish, in full operation. This will Rive them two routes lo Constantinople, ns com- niitMiiciitiiu by way of Hit Danube to llnUnuu is already open. Th.it this lias not been neeomplish- nl without weakening the other fronts lis indicated by definite news of Utis- i:'ii cdvnnccs on tho Itin-Dviusk Ifio'il. the last pint of the eastern bat- (tie tin" on whii'h the invaders kept iip anything in the. iiuture of a dofin- itc offensive. French to tbo Ilcsctio Thus frr the plans of the central powers in I'm Ilalkans have worked lilo well-oiled inachiuery, but tho lat est news from Macedoniai indicates ihe iritiatio is not to be lelt cntiiely lo the invaders much longer. lfeports come by way of Paris that the Anglo Ycneh forcen ate making their pres ence felt against the Hulgnrians. The oitente nllios el.iim their operations are proceeding alony the whole front illi kiw-.s. notwithstanding tlift li.iiuli''ii' of operating in a difficult 'count rv. It i-- rcprrtcd nlwo that the Serb aiis holding irnrt of the Maccitonian front have cheeked the Bulgarians, till r inllicting heavy losses on them f tho Scibinns can sustain the at- link for u short )ieriod tho French hoiild be able to join (hem south ot cll-. Itusshin Attacks Sharp Tli- ltus-inn- continue their policy of sli.irp and unexpected attacks at trious points nliing tho front. llio. atest of these attacks, according to tr'riid, coiiitcd of three .sue ..I il iinulls southwest of Hign, two -onthwest of 1) ii.sk and three vct of the St.vr, south of the I'ripct inar-hcs, where the Austro-donuan line was broken in two placet. rAcept lur aitillcrv exchanges on the wi-derii ftnr-t, nothing of urea' iiiiinrlan''t has occurred recently in tb.it thet'ter of war. ."s. ulv advances liv tho force ot the Teutonic powers and their Ilitl - arum allies invading Suibin aro ro- IjiorU'd in today's German official IhtillclUCI't. The Ih-lgnrinns are pushing clone to tin main railroad line went of Al cvinac, having reached the Mornvn, mar that place, which is about 'JO miles northwest of Xish. They linvo iiNo reiwhed Leskuvne, -." lnihw i milliHi -.1 of Nisli, on the main line o Sabnuki. The flennau advance. U continuing smith of Kruzvnc. Teutons l'lishlnj; On South of Kralievo, on tho wejitoro Mir.ia, Jhc Teutonic force in pushing on and hnvo diiven the Serb ians out of their main positions there. The tmrthetly jaw tf the Teutonic pincers is thus closing down rapidl.v on the retreating Serbians. Field Marshal Von Jlindenbiinr re ports n success for his troopu in the lieev v fighting near Dviw-k. The Oer lnans have recaptured to the west of the ctv the purtion of the first line ircncli iMtsitiou which the i(umiwi t' ! I'miii (licin on November 7. In WulliMun .1 Mi-torv for General Ynn T-iti-iti.ni's tune-, north of Ko iiiiirn i-. rtci.r.'cd, IENEGRI LSEAUSIRI i 1 IT:.!'". V .n-.M-r... N"v ' I ni Aii-rinii iitl.uk- i rt' )H.',I.; III 1 1 1 1 ulill ..ll xl.lUnilflll Jn'lH'.l li' th Jin Ill i .'III W.ir ntllie t-d.i B loll,iV - "JmiHiii.iiii nitillrry tnggemu oiirnd al. ni: "ill ntr frti.1 ttu Xiiii(ii 7. The ennn thrvw tor- V l. lu i ''Irt in ntt net... ,tt Vliri- ll l '! t - W ll ' i.1 " it .ill. Illlll ' MH uws SERBIAN FORCES MO NS ANS GREEK POLICY STAYS NEUTRAL STATES PREMIER Skouloudfs Says "Our Neutrality, With tiie Character of Sincerest Benevolence Toward Entente Pow ers" Parliament to Be Dissolved Unless Majority Favors Cabinet. PAltIS, Nov. a. Tho French gov ernment received-today from Premier Skoulotidls, liend of tho new a reek cabinet, formal asuranccs ot "our neutrality with tho character ot sin cerest benovolonco toward tho cn tunto powers." WASHINGTON, Nov. 0. Tho for eign offlco at Athena cabled the Greek legation hero today that "tho now cabinet Intends to put through tho s.imo pollelos In forolgn politics as was maintained by tho lute, cabi net." fJivcco Socking Loan PAUIS, Nov. 0. Tho Greolt gov ornmont Is reported to havo appeal ed to tho alios for further' financial assistance. A dispatch from Athens to tho 1 lavas News agency says that the government desires to obtain an additional advanco of forty million francs and that this request Is being considered sympathetically. ATHENS, Nov. 9. A prediction that tho chamber of deputies will bo dissolved when n majority agrees to support tho cabinet Is credited to Promlor Skouloiiills by tho Patrls which asserts that ho replied when asked whether tho ministry would ap pear before tho chamber: DIsMtlvo Parliament "Tho question Is not formally sot tlod yet. I can say now, however, that tho cabinet will not appear and that tho chnnibor will bo dissolved." A ltoutnr dispatch from Athons filed yofitcrday says: "A cablnot nn-otlng was hold today but nothing transpired as to whothor tho government will accept tho pro posals of M. Vonlaolos with a view to avoiding tho dissolution of parlia ment. "Thoso proposals consist olthor of Minister of War Yanukltsas express ing regrot for tho Incident which re sulted in tho ovorthrow of tho Zal nils ministry or all tho followors ot M. Vonlzelos noNuntlng thcmsolvoH from tho sessions of tho chamber, giving a free hand to the other depu ties who constltuto a quorum. "It is understood a majority ot tho ministers favor dissolution." General Yanakltsas, tho mlnlstor of war, Is credited with being res ponslblo for tbo veto In parliament w blub showed a lack of conf Idonco In Promlor ZaKlmls anil his follow min isters after ho hud rofusod to com ply with tho demand of M. Vonlzelos that ho npologlzo for a remark to which the parliamentary loailor took exception. M. Yanakltsas retains tbo portfolio of war mlnlstor In tho 10 organlzod cablnot. Premier Shouloudiri expressed the hope that the feelings of tho entente power toward Grceco would not he iiitliienccd by attempts to impair their fn'eudly relatiou. The communication was in the form of a telegram from the Greek premier to Athos Romanes Greek miuUtrr at Paris, wliuh the mini-ter delivered to Tiilcs t'ambon, general secretary of the fortis-'ii miiii-trv. FEDERAL LEAGUE INDIAN VPOI. IS, Nov. 9- Pederal l.oague frsm hlocs In Kansas City and liuffalo were d lured forfoltod at the anual uniting of the leaguo direct ors held here today. Tho Kansas City frnchl will be taken to New York, according to a sUUatMt iwued iy James A. Oilmore. prldiwt at the league tt the elos of the meetlM. Wliut will b done lih th Buffaio frencbise wis n imlliuteil Prtisldera (ignore mid : rounds for lb New nk il.ii hail !' a ob tained on Muiili.itt.iii inland itUns Ufittt for tud to MMt ii.iHiii per sona. The club mill be strengthened to the cttent of "roaklnc It a rcpre-M-iilaliVf e YurK cluli, whiih il t.irllt tbv SUppurt o( Ibt .V Yoik TEAM W HOW IHE PANAMA . 1 This picture shows liow the went movement of earth along llio .sides of the (Jalllanl cut linvo blocked the 1'niinnm Cnnal. Kvec .since the ovlng of the c.uuil iiiueli tcoiihlo lias Ikhmi cpcrlencsl because of slides. The picture shows how the earth ha been pushed lo the MiiTnrc, running little IsIhiuIm hi the center of tho canat, completely blocking traffic. This Ih ciiiimmI by the picssmv or inouiilalns on cither side of tho illtch, which Colonel (iocthals lias iiou-ordcitMl icniovtnl. This comlltlou Is characteristic of every jHilnt. where slides have iMturnnl, but the lKittom or the canal Is not pushed completely to the Mirfaiv In each coc. This earth will have to Ik dredged iut. OE BLAZING STEAMER NKW YOltlC, Nov. 9 - The flro In tho hold of tho passeimcr steamship Uochnnibcaii, which broko out after tho liner left hero last Saturday, has linn extinguished and tho steamship Is now proceeding to llordoaiix. ' News that tho flro In tho rosorvo coal hunker of tho Itochatubonu had boon extinguished was recolvod In a wlroloss this morning from Captain Juhain. It read: "Havo succooded In cxtingulshtng tho flro nnd mn proceodlng to Uor deaux. All well on board." When tho flro wns disco vorod Cap tain Juhum bonded toward Halifax. Company officials boor wore un ablo to say whothor tho flro was In condlary or dovolojicd by spontaneous combustion. Tho Hochambeau car ried no high explosives, nlthoiiKh thero woro 25 1 1 cases of cartrldgos on board, llorhainbeaii had 121 passengers of whom forty were Americans and car ried a crew of 2. 10. ITALY 10 SEND IAI PO.Mi:, via ParH, Nov 9 -What appears to be n forei-ast that Italy will sond troops to Albiinlii to aid tho Serbians Is contained In n semi official nolo which says that while Italy did not participate In the recout expedition of tho allies to assist Syr Ida, sho has found a better way to opposo tho Aiistro-Gorinaii-Hiilgarlan attack upon Serbia. This way, the note says, was opon od by tho Unitarians thenisolvoa when thoy throatonod to Invade Al bania to roach tho Adriatic, a design so dangerous to Italy's Interests that "the moro throat must oldlgo Italy to tako appropriate mean tiros to frus trate It Immediately." A CHANGED v . t i. i .. 1' . u if Lv IvWhS lul. , l 'I -Mil i.U . I 1 i.'.lll. IRE IN HOLD ROGHAMBEAU I ALBN PS Lisisr rminTm utwnr.yE'.ii?kMTm.?m:mi i - '-"- .. . ... 1 CANAL ' IS BLOCKED STEAMER AA E AI.GIF.KS, Alacri... N-.v. !. The French steamship Ynn-, Joriuerly known as the Darin, whirh was seized iv a French cniiiior In t Fcbrunry while carrying n onryo pf cotton from the L'niled Slalis In Gtnnnny, lias been toipedocd and sunk b.v a Ger man fuihmnriivo. The news of tho sinking of I lie Ysor was contained in an official nu iioiineumenl made publio here today, which rend: "Tho French ship Yser, foitneriy tho Daoin, rcnnmoil after hur gale by the prize ooui't, was torpodoud while conveying to Hixurln thu jinssengers saved fiom the Italian steamer F.lisa Fmncescn. Tho entire crow and passenger woro lnnd"d.'' WASHINGTON. Nov. 0. The l)a cia snijed from the I'nitod States for ItoMerdum as n test -hip to determin" the attitude of Great Mritniu toward changes of registry after the outbreak of hostilities. Pi once, in seizing Iter, claimed never to havo recognised chnngee of flag during time of war. Tho Ameru'iui government, however, took tho position that while France applied that rule in the Daeiti ease, hM practice in the p.it had not bseu uniform and that actually many ouMiunm of registry had been tacitly acknowledged. It has been generally credited (hat a cdniin for indemnity by tho owners of the Dacm would be supported by the state department. The requisi tioning of the vessel for use by (In French govornimnl and tho change of mono, and now her destriietiou, will not affect the status of sunk n claim, should it finally be presented. The n"o now is in the stage of apical fiotu the prijre cunt decision, The Chomavwt Indian school will open bids for a (lu.000 auditorium Nov. 15. MAN-AND ; (j.i , t P DOED SUBMARINE BY RECENT SLIDES I REMAINS RE BC E JANUARY I'FKINO, Nov 0. The Associated Press was nulluuixed today to stat.i that the Chinese governiucnt had de cided no citniiKC would bo uutdo thin yenr in the fouu of govorinncnt of the country. Function lcliuus given out today tuako it curlniii that the proposal to re-establish n mounrchicnl fonn of governtneut line been ndoptod. 'l'hose celniua show that 18 of the 122 prov inces already hnvo given solid sup Hirt to Ihu project. Tho election wil bo completed, hut restoration of Ihe mount chy will be delayed. The decision to Mstpoue tho clmnga in China's government results from rcprescnlnlions made by ,lnpan. Great llritain, I'mnce ami llusHia, that such a chaii'ic might ciiilaugcr tho jteaee ot P'c Client, and should bo delavi'd iiidil nflci lh' Furopeaii war. T PARIS, Nov. 0. - Thero has been Infantry fighting In the region ot Loos, according to the announcement given out this afternoon by tho French war ottleo; violent bombard ments near Heau Vrslgnoe, and spir ited artillery firing by the French In the Champagne district. The toxt ot the communication fol fel fol eows: "Theer baa beou continued Infantry attacks at Loos; further to tho south thero havo boon ongagomonts be tween patrols, In which wo had tho advantage. "Violent bombardments on tho part ot the onemy hnvo tnkon place In the sector of Hoauvrnlgnos, and in the Champagna district In tho re gion of 'Tho Trapeze.' Our artlllory everywhere has made reply with groat onorK." THE REASON ' ..' il. RIO FIGHTING IT FR MB OFF 0 CALM GYP AND QUIE1DIA Far East Reported to Be Ultimate Mission of K. of K. Serious State of Unrest in India, Where Friendly Sovereign Has Been Deposed Ger man Propagandists Busy. WASIIlN'fJTON', Nov. w.Harl Kitchener's ultiitiate mission dining his mysterious absence from the Writ isli wni office is said by cniiflilcntinl information received here today, to he in India, where, according to the same information, Hritish rule is con fronted with u more serious state of unrest than has gcncmlly been known outside of Hritish official circles. Through tho thick veil which the Hritish censorship has thrown about thu events in India nnd Kgypt comes u statement thnt Xnwab, .Saltan UI mutk, tho Nizam of Hyderabad, one of tho most influent in! of tho native prince, nnd a rtauneli Mipportor of the Hritit.li, has been deposed by his people. Ilcasou for Dcparluro This dovolnpmcnt. coming na ono of tho climaxes to successive reports of mutinios and unrest, many of which have been substantiated nnd admitted by the Hritish government, is miid to ho the lending reason of Karl Kitchener's departure from Knglaud, which has been shrouded with much scereev. It has been officially announced that Ute head of tho Hritish war of fice was on his way to the theater of operations m tho uoar oast, whtuli has boon gonerally interpreted as moaning thu Hulknns, whore the critical situa tion of the moment confronts (ho nl licd forces, Iiiformutiou reaching tho I 'nileil Stales, however, through channels not suhp'ct to censorship is to tho ettoct that it is well known in Loudon mnong thoso close to tho gov ernment that while Karl Kitchener miiy slop in tho Halknns to co-ordinate tho efforts of tho tillied forces, Ids ultimate destination is not only India, but Kgypt as well, where the Hritish giitewav to Ash now is men aced by the Teiitoiiic-Hulgnrian-Turk successes in the Ilalkans. Coupled with repeated rumois of activities of (lermuti agents fomenting discontent among the native population of India have come reports of disaffection in Kgypt, also asuiihud to tho same sources. Arousing tho .Natives Since llio Turks failed to cut tho Suez canal, mainly through thu prompt arrival of colonial troops from New Zealand and Australia, il lint, been reported that agents from Con stantinople ami Merlin have been con ducting a persistent proimgeudn among the natives. Some tune ago Ureal Hritnin imposed the most friu gent restrictions agniust (he cntrv ot foreitiiiers to India and Kypt. with tho announced puriMise of ke piuv out the agent h of fliu.it Hrituin'- ninnn - The importance to tho Hnli-h ot the r.i)Mricd downfall of the Ninm of Hyderabad may he illustrated b the fact that at the critical mmiicnt when Turkey entered hostilities and the sultan culled on nil Mohammed an for holy wur, the Nixum of II derabad, head of tho largest Moham medan state in India, issued a mani festo to his people in which ho du clarid t to be ihe duty of all Mo haiiiiiii'dnn. in India t ulliere to their Hrdi-h .illcgi-iiK-c. MIES LAND 300,000 AI I.ONIiON', ov. 9.- Vcwspaprs of licrhn, as rpiolca by Ihe comund ent of Copenhagen, sov that the ullii-. ulready have lauded .1011, IKK) ineii at buluiiiHi. VILLA'S JEWELRY SEIZED BY TREASURY OFFICIALS V.L 1'ASO, Tc., Nov. 0. J.mlrv vulutd at 'Jh,04)0, iiicluduig n .old badge tnri'i' vvniii b (ilniiil Kp'IICIri-o dill, u.i- Tilled II- liliiy- gltil gtMula ItMlay by Hiwcinl Agent O I' 1. 1 ek of the Irv.iMiry 4iuirtmcnt. Win Ihcr (li'iieml illu was the ooncr I tin Kwilr ha- uot Ucu Uitn Ui.iitd. LIGHT VOIE ON REBONDING ISSUE INDICATEDTODAY Less Than 500 Out of a Possible 2000 Votes Cast at NoonMany Voters Sworn In Many Women Amonrj the Voters Dry Unusually Oulet for Interest Beforehand. At 2 o'clock the polling places wero crowded, wom-n predominating. At Hint hour 72G votes had been cast, na follows : First ward. 211). Second ward, 274. Third wa"d, 212. ' '"' Tho threatening1 glowor of rapidly shifting clouds shut out tho fimilo of hoaven from the contending forces in tho rebuilding struggle this morn ing, but nl noon Ihu sun sliono bright ly. Mon nnd women nliko sought tho polling places In the chill drizzlo of tho early Iioiim, many voters going in tirao to mnko oath that they had n. right to voto on this important mat ter. This last fenturo of tho contest wns unusually strong on tho screen of battlo nil forenoon. It sufficed to keep tho judges nt tho polls in u wearing nttitudo most of the time, nl- though there is no provision in tho city ohnrtor requiring registration nt n special election. A'olo nt Xoon Unlit Tho voles nt the noon hour stood in number First ward, lfifi. Second ward, 200. Third wnrd, IflO. While- many woipqji who.wcra will ing lo invoke thoir right of stiffrngo in this more thnn ordinarily important cnntcit remained long enough to "do the dishes and sweep up." it wns ob- sorvnblo that not n fnvv put that household task aside to attend to "outaido busincsa" whllo in the mood. Up to noon it is believed that moro women hud voted in tho first ward, V20 Knst Main street, thnn mon, nor did they manifest the lessor dog ice of ntorest. The Second wnrd was n close second in this rospeot, with tho feminist element much ustir nt tho city hall. .Mystery Veils Itcsiilt Much mystery veiled tho iinturo of these women ballots, as few stopped to ask (picstinns or engage in discus !nii, except in ono instnnoo in the Fiiist ward. Fear of tho polico pa trol tempered an argumont there with discretion, utter it had readied n point of oxcitement that suggested propinquity to nn intonating climax. Altogether tho balloting proceeded very quietly, n sort of funereal nt-mot-pbdre subduing the inteusilv of feeling manifested in pro-elcclion day disciissiouH E OF NKW YOPIC, Nov. 9. Testimony that tho Now York, Now Haven and Hartford railroad acquired control of tho Central No wUnglnnd railroad. il competitor In the faco ot leital ad- vlco that It might bo In violation of tho Shorninn law, vvaaadducod today at tho trial of William Itockefellor and ton other former directors of that road accusod of criminal viola tion of that law, The advice was given, according to a letter read In evidence, by tho late Charles F. Choate, ot Doston, a New Haven attornoy. Ho reminded Charles il. Mellon, prosldont, that the Northern soourltloa caso was at that time, 100 1, still ponding in tho courts ami Mid that ho was not lu fsvor of "doing anything that might be in violation of tho Shormau anti trust." Nevertheless the New Haven pros ldHt wrote a. letter a month later no tifying William Itockefellor that ha had Itougbt eentrol or tho Central ,Nw KHiland for tho Now Haven. The next day Uookofellcr wroto beck to "sincerely congratulato" him, "I felt sure you would eecuro It at any price." ho added. ROCKEFELLER EW RAILROAD PURCHAS VIOLATION AW si M2MfikErBMBeHD